Public architecture now!

This book explores the most creative responses to these and related issues, and shows how in recent years public architecture has undergone a tremendous upheaval, an aesthetic awakening of all kinds. Where solidly classical and sober designs were the norm, aesthetic daring and innovation are now increasingly rewarded as celebrated architects, from Herzog & de Meuron to Jean Nouvel, have paved the way for a new generation of truly public buildings, structures that combine access for the many with a quality once reserved for the few. Public Architecture Now! highlights the groundbreaking and impressive new public architecture that is appearing today all over the world, from Spain to Norway to Chile to China to the USA.